Top Stories in Winnipeg

IPhone is going to cost big bucks

The IPhone that Apple is about to launch will cost a pretty penny. I think what Apple is doing is great. Let's separate the boys from the men here. Our young people keep these big corporations in business paying all kinds of dollars for phones they use to call their friends and surfing the net to find free music and chat with friends. It costs money. Maybe they would find better uses for their money and time. Businesses can afford the cost because they profit from these gadgets. So I would say let's get over it. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head to shell out that kind of money for a phone.

No help for Canadian in US Prison
Prime Minister Harper is not going to lift a finger to help the boy in the American jail who claims he is being tortured. They are using the frequent flyer strategy on him - first time I heard that term. It means they wake him up every two or three hours for questioning and move him to another room. Duh... you do that enough time, he is liable to say anything to get some sleep. People also become disoriented due to lack of sleep. Where is the justice?

Air Canada Cuts Staff
Air Canada is cutting back on hostesses. They blame the oil crisis for shutting down some of their centres. From what I heard the hostesses in Winnipeg are all seniors and are likely to bump their juniors and get jobs but that may require moving to bigger cities with higher costs of living. What's going to happen? Will they increase the wages of these workers to help mitigate the cost and inconvenience? I don't think so. They are probably hoping these workers will decide to quit and find something else so that they can then hire other staff for less wages.

Worker Injured on the Job
A young person has been killed on the job in Winnipeg. He was run over by one of the machines they were using, I think it was Bobcat. According to Workers Compensation Board the percentage of worker mostly young workers have been injured or fatally injured on the job.

Why is this happening? Are employers so eager to get people on the job that they fail to do the proper training or are younger people more likely to engage in risky behaviours. There ought to be some kind of research into this trend.